Night-time fears

[someone]

Both my children have gone through this. The one thing we've done is during the day when it's bright out we talk about dreams and how they are not real. The best part is when we tell them to punch the monster in the nose or kick them where it will hurt them because they are not real. Then we start to make a joke about how because it's a dream they can just say boo in their dream and it will scare away the thing that is scaring them and ask them for suggestions about it. We've had some really good silly giggle fests in my home getting through that phase.

Another thing is that both my children have book lights and a book (usually picture book, even for my 10 year old) so that if they have a dream that is unsettling they can read a bit in the night and help them get their mind off it.

Maybe these can help. Good luck, it will pass, and I can say this with confidence because we just finished this with my 7 year old and my 10 year old went through it at 6.....so it does end. :-)